Take a Bow // Ateez // YunSan // Yunho x San

Promise

Walking back into the dance practice room for their second meeting, Yunho is nervous, but a lot less terrified. Rather than nerves due to San possibly being evil, it was fear that San may not forgive him, and fear that he may ruin the little friendliness they had built during their last meeting.

Like the last time, San was in the room stretching when Yunho entered. San waved at him, before going back to stretching. He was once again wearing the small, elastic shorts that seemed to be a favorite of many of the ballet dancers, and he had a hard time pulling his eyes away.

"Hey San, have you thought any more about the dance?"

San nodded, "Yeah. I was thinking about the concept for what we should be doing. And I thought that, since our dance styles are practically opposites, so I thought we could play that up a bit, and each of us could represent something and it's opposite. You know, like life and death, hate and love, fire and ice, or something like that?"

Yunho flinched when the word 'ice' came out of San's mouth, but he tried to fight it. It just reminded him that San's name in his phone is 'Ice Prince'. Despite that, Yunho loved the idea. He smiled at San.

"That sounds like a great idea. Let's definitely work with something like that!"

San nodded and they began to work. They didn't pick a specific concept yet, but their moves were starting to fit the dichotomy of fire and ice. Yunho loved watching San dance. HIs movements were so controlled and beautiful, and despite its connotations, he truly did look like an Ice Prince. He looked regal, and Yunho could imagine a crown sitting on his head.

He felt his moves were already starting to fit fire as well, his body hitting moves with an explosiveness that could only come from fire. It was so fun to see the difference in their dances, but how nicely they fit together. It was like magic, working with San. his suggestions fit perfectly with what Yunho wanted to do, and the dance was starting to look really cool.

Before he knew it, his phone was buzzing wildly on the floor. He stopped dancing and picked it up. It was a text from Mingi.

You coming to lunch bro?

Yunho sat down and thought about it. Sure, he loved having lunch with his friends, but he had something else he needed to do. He watched San dance, a serene look on his face. He needed to make sure everything was truly okay with San first.

"Hey San, do you want to go get lunch with me? We can go to the cafe on campus if you want."

San stopped dancing, thinking for a minute, "Yeah, I'd like that. Do you want to go now?"

Yunho nodded as he texted Mingi back, telling him that he wouldn't join him for lunch, "Yeah, sounds good. We can come back after and work more."

San turned off the music and they packed up their bags. San led the way out of the room and Yunho turned off the lights as they left. They talked as they walked, and Yunho couldn't help but laugh at some of San's jokes. San was still blank-faced when he was with Yunho, and Yunho hoped that at one point San would trust him enough to show his true self. He hoped that this lunch would do that.

It was nearly an hour after lunchtime when they got to the cafe, so it was pretty empty when they got there. Yunho preferred that though because the fewer people there were, the less nervous San would be. And he wanted San to comfortable with him. They were seated quickly, and soon their waiter was with them.

"Oh, hey Sannie. What can I get you guys?" The waiter asked.

Yunho wasn't sure who the waiter was, but he was glad that San did. Knowing someone in the diner would be another reason for San to be comfortable. They ordered burgers and milkshakes, and the waiter left him and San alone.

"Who's that? He seems nice."

"That's Yeonjun, he's Wooyoungie's boyfriend. He's really nice. He bought me my newest pair of ballet shoes. He's so sweet. He treats Wooyoungie so good."

So that was Yeonjun. The one Wooyoung was dating now. Yunho wanted to hate him, for solidarity with Mingi, but Yeonjun did seem nice. And it wasn't like Yeonjun had stolen Wooyoung from Mingi, Mingi had screwed up and Yeonjun was there to pick Wooyoung up when he was down. And Yunho was done judging people he didn't really know.

"He seems nice! Now, tell me something about you. I want to know more."

San played with his fingers, "Well, I don't think there's much to know about me. I'm Choi San, I'm 20, and I'm a ballet major."

"Aw, come on San, tell me more. What do you like to do?"

"Well," San rubbed the back of his neck, "I teach dance classes for kids at the community center on the weekends, and I really like that."

Yunho perked up, "That's pretty cool! What's that like?"

"It's awesome! I teach eight year olds how to dance and it's so funny. Hyeongjun, on Sunday, tried to do a double turn, but accidentally did like, four, and got so dizzy he was tripping all over the place. And Dongpyo tried to keep him up and then they both fell down."

Yunho could see the light in his eyes and hear the mirth in his voice as he spoke about his students and Yunho was enraptured. He was momentarily distracted by Yeonjun setting their food down, but he was quickly back in San's attention. San hummed as he drank his milkshake, before talking more about his kids.

"Minhee just had a growth spurt, and I'm pretty sure he's gonna be taller than me when he grows up, I'm pretty nervous."

Yunho chuckled, picturing San looking fearfully up at an eight year old. San blushed at Yunho's laugh and Yunho couldn't help but think that he looked incredibly cute. He mentally shook his head. This wasn't a date, this was him gaining the trust of someone he had hurt. It didn't matter that San was the cutest boy on the planet. Or at least, it shouldn't.

"By the way, Yunho. Is there anything you wanted to add to the dance?"

Yunho thought about it for a second. There was something that he had been thinking about since he saw San dancing with his friends.

"Do you think we could try a lift?" Yunho asked.

San's eyes lit up, "Really? I've always wanted to be lifted. Do you really want to?"

"Yeah for sure."

San covered his mouth and Yunho thought he may have been smiling by how his eyes squinted. He wanted to see that smile so bad.

San sipped at his milkshake and said, "This is gonna be so much fun."